Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 2 2 0 0
Bailor 3b 3 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 3 0 1 1
Carty dh 4 0 0 0
Velez lf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 0
Brown rf 2 1 0 0
Lemongello p 0 0 0 0
  Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 3 4 1
McRae dh 3 1 0 0
Otis cf 4 2 2 3
Porter c 2 1 1 2
LaCock 1b 4 0 1 2
Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 8
Toronto 102 000 000351
Kansas City 101 030 21x892
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (0-1) 4.1 5 5 5 3 3
  Lemanczyk   2.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Moore   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Murphy   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (1-0) 9.0 5 3 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
5
3

  E–Velez (1), Porter (1), Patek (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Toronto Cerone (1,off Splittorff), Kansas City Otis (2,off Lemongello); Brett (1,off Lemanczyk); LaCock (1,off Lemanczyk).  3B–Kansas City Brett (1,off Lemongello).  SF–Bosetti (1,off Splittorff).  HBP–McRae (1,by Lemongello).  SB–Brett 2 (2,2nd base off Lemongello/Cerone,3rd base off Lemongello/Cerone); Otis (1,2nd base off Lemongello/Cerone); McRae (1,2nd base off Lemongello/Cerone); White (1,2nd base off Moore/Cerone).  WP–Moore (2).  HBP–Lemongello (1,McRae).  U-HP–Larry Zirbel, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Bob Jones, 3B–Don Schulte.  T–2:20.  A–23,477.
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